Photo #: NH 102042
Moosehead (U.S. coastal passenger steamer, 1911)
Photographed circa 1917-18, with Maine Central Rail Road markings
on her bow.
This ship was acquired by the Navy on 28 March 1918 as USS Moosehead
(ID # 2047). On 11 August 1920, she was renamed Porpoise
and reclassified as a ferryboat with hull number YFB-2047. Stricken
on 30 December 1930, she was sold on 24 February 1931.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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